trans fat

See also: transfat, and trans-fat

English

Alternative forms

• trans-fat

Noun

trans fat (plural trans fats)

1. (organic chemistry) An unsaturated fat with carbon-carbon double bonds in the trans configuration, especially one prepared by partial hydrogenation, associated with an elevated risk of coronary heart disease.

Related terms

• polyunsaturated fat
• saturated fat
• trans fatty acid
• unsaturated fat

Translations

unsaturated fat with bonds in the trans configuration

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反式脂肪 (zh) (fǎnshì zhīfáng)

• Dutch: transvet (nl) n
• Finnish: transrasva
• French: gras trans m
• Georgian: ტრანს-ცხიმი (ṭrans-cximi)
• Indonesian: lemak trans
• Malay: lemak trans
• Portuguese: gordura trans f
• Russian: транс-жир m (trans-žir)
• Spanish: grasas trans f pl
• Swedish: transfett n
• Vietnamese: axit béo chuyển hóa, axit béo dạng trans, axit béo đồng phân nhân tạo, chất béo chuyển hóa